So, in our area the winter weather advisory was much ado about nothing...except a bit of a hassle. Nothing beats days and days of rain followed by snow and an extreme drop in temperature. Well, unless you add in blizzard strength gusts of wind which aid in plunging the ambient temperature even colder with the wind chill. I tried the door handle on the car when I walked the dogs past it this morning and as I suspected...frozen shut. All that rain water met the 20 something temperature and the end result was a given...there will be no dashing out the door and jumping into the car today.
The saving grace is that even though we had this extreme bout of weather last night here in Balsam, NC the afternoon looks like it will be gorgeous. Apparently the skies will be some shade of a color they call blue...if I understand right, this is a color that North Carolina is famous for...Carolina blue. It's been so long since we've seen blue skies that I'm intensely curious to behold the color! The temperatures should reach into the 50s...that will be good for drivers. I've been watching people drive down Rosemount Road this morning and the crunching of icy road is audible up here and the drivers are just inching down the road trying to keep their cars from swerving.
Back to the little red car in the driveway...I'm hoping the sun will be upon her shortly and thaw the doors. If not, I can see the blowdryer and a long extension cord in my future. So, to say the weather report was much ado about nothing I guess isn't totally accurate...I'll probably be adoing a lot to get out of here this morning!
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